Intro
Preface
References
Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1: Magnitude, Frequency, and Change in Earth Systems
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Geological Time and Chronostratigraphy
1.3 Extinctions
1.4 Climate Change
1.5 The North Atlantic Polar Triangle
1.6 The Anthropocene
1.7 Structure of the Book
References
Chapter 2: Before the Holocene
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Precambrian Eons
2.2.1 Hadean
2.2.2 Archean
2.2.3 Proterozoic
2.3 Phanerozoic
2.4 Paleozoic Periods
2.4.1 Cambrian
2.4.2 Ordovician
2.4.3 Silurian
2.4.4 Devonian

2.4.5 Carboniferous
2.4.6 Permian
2.5 Mesozoic Periods: Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous
2.5.1 Triassic
2.5.2 Jurassic
2.5.3 Cretaceous
2.6 Cenozoic Periods: Paleogene, Neogene, and Quaternary
2.6.1 Paleogene
2.6.2 Neogene: Miocene and Pliocene
2.6.3 Quaternary: Pleistocene
References
Chapter 3: The Greenlandian
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Climate and Ocean
3.3 Geography
3.4 Ecology
3.5 Culture
3.6 The End of the Greenlandian
References
Chapter 4: The Northgrippian
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Climate
4.3 Geography
4.4 Ecology and Culture

4.4.1 Ceramics
4.4.2 Domestication
4.4.3 Villages and Agroecosystems
4.4.4 Smelting
4.5 End of the Northgrippian
References
Chapter 5: The Meghalayan
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Climate
5.2.1 The Neoglacial
5.2.2 The Roman Warm Period
5.2.3 The Dark Ages Cold Period
5.2.4 The Medieval Climate Optimum
5.2.5 The Little Ice Age
5.3 Ecosystems
5.3.1 Eliminating the Competition
5.3.2 The Enhancement of Soils
5.3.3 The Management of Grazing Systems
5.3.4 The Manipulation of Hydrology
5.3.5 The Effects on Geomorphology
5.4 Culture

5.5 The End of the Meghalayan
References
Chapter 6: The Anthropocene Boundary Event
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Atmosphere
6.3 Cryosphere
6.4 Hydrosphere
6.5 Biosphere
6.6 Culture
6.6.1 Places and Connectivity
6.6.2 Materials and Machinery
6.6.3 Knowledge and Memory
6.6.4 Energy
6.7 The End of the Holocene
References
Epilogue
Thoughts and Hopes
References
Index